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NCAA basketball has the Final Four. College hockey has the Frozen Four. The equivalent in junior hockey is the Memorial Cup. This year, the WHL is represented by two teams: the WHL Champion Swift Current Broncos and the host team, the Regina Pats. The Pats boast top NHL prospect Sam Steel as their Captain. The Canadian […] READ MORE
It’s official. The red-hot Everett Silvertips and the Swift Current Broncos will play in the WHL Championship. Both teams will be competing for the Ed Chynoweth Cup after long dry spells. This is the first time in 25 years that the Swift Current Broncos won the Eastern Conference Championship. The Everett Silvertips won their last […] READ MORE
Revenge was sweet for the Swift Current Broncos in the first round of the 2018 playoffs. Last year, the Regina Pats eliminated the Broncos from the 2017 Eastern Conference semi-final. With a little help from goalie Stuart Skinner, the Broncos took advantage of their second chance this year. They eliminated the Pats in a dramatic […] READ MORE
Samantha has been a hockey fan since 1980, when she discovered the game by watching THE game at the Winter Olympics. She has been writing about junior hockey and the Portland Winterhawks since 2010.
An experienced WHL analyst. Last Word on Hockey marks her first foray into covering the OHL and the QMJHL.
You can find her online at www.kuklaskorner.com/atg or www.oregonlive.com/hawks and Twitter (@AbovetheGlass).